SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
You Can Do Such Clever Things
With Odd Scraps of Gay Print
Pretty House Frock for Matrons
A Sunback-Bolero— or Pinafore
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
C A V E the scraps) It's about (he
short remnants and the swatches
of gay print we are talking Hidden
away In a scrap-bug. they do not
seem to
mean
anything,
but
under the magic touch of a girl who
can sew and has Ideas of her own.
wonders can happen It's really sur
¿■rising the clever whimsies that can
be concocted out of even tiny bits
of pretty print.
To have and to hold In readiness
one simple black or navy basic dress
in any of the attractive cotton
weaves or of wool Jersey or crepe
that lends Itself to many changes of
accessories is a worthwhile economy
gesture. You will find If you make
it a hobby to conjure up all sorts of
pretty accessory Items to dress
your simple basic gown up or down,
sccordlng to where and when you
wear it. that you have helped In
valuably to balance your wardrobe
budget.
Perhaps you have a length of print
left over from the dress or blouse
you recently made, or perchance In
a moment of high enthusiasm you
bought a remnant because the
print was so pretty you couldn't re
sist Why not make a dainty peplum
dickey that Is as smart worn with a
one-piece dress as pictured as It Is
worn under a suit Jacket The model
shown here Is of white rose printed
glazed chintz. The red grosgrain rib
bon belt worn with it enhances the
effect. Be sure to note the clever
pocket arrangement which adds
practicality to the chic and charm of
this most attractive Item to Include
in your wardrobe of smart acces
sorles.
If you've been reading latest fash
Ion notes, you already know that one
of the newest style developments
is the overblouse dress This two-
piece teams a long-torso printed
top with a plain skirt. It Is said
G raduni ion Dress
that this type of dress will be fea
tured all through the summer and
again in the fall as it fits Into a
fabric program keyed to war
time economy These simple long
overblouses with their brief sleeves
require a minimum of material and
the fact that they are so simple and
easy to make Is nothing less than
opportunity knocking at the door of
the girl who has learned to sew
Note the overblouse shown to the
right above. Merely a remnant of
print is all that you'll need to
make it. Wear it with a floor-length
skirt for evening and with shorter
length for day.
And now for using up the scraps!
An ambitious girl made for herself a
dirndl-type skirt of bright print with
which she wore a black rayon crepe
bodice There was a mere trifle of
the print left but one piece was
large enough to include the bouquet
motif This thrifty little lady had a
vision and this Is how she made this
vision a reality: She carefully cut
out the flower motif (it was a quaint
bouquet tied with baby blue ribbon)
and appllqued it on the bndl<$ to the
left of the lowcut neckline. It not
only unified the dress, but the ef
fect was charming beyond words.
Imparting an-- air of exclusiveness
found only In high-style modes.
Gay print applique Is the rage this
season on sports clothes, also on
dainty summer afternoon gowns
The sketches scattered about In the
background give you a fair Idea of
what's being done with applique cut
outs this year. It's a fascinating
pastime to cut out florals and other
motifs and apply them In varidus
ways. If you are taking up the ap
plique idea In a big way you can save
time and patience by using the ap
plique attachment that comes with
the modern sewing machine You
can get Instructions at any local
sewing center In just a few moments
time. You esn also applique by whip
ping about tumed-in edges or by
buttonholing all around. It is more
practical to do it the machine way
permanent
(See Recipes Below)
Carly Canning
Strawberries and rhubarb, green
peas and asparagus are all flaunt
ing their gay col
ors b e fo re our
eyes and begging
to be eaten, ei
ther now or later.
One of the most
b a s ic ru le s in
canning is that
fruit and vegeta
b les should be
canned at the peak of the season to
be their best. If you want a good
product, you will have to put up
a good food is another way of put
ting this rule across.
Canning at best does not improve
the food, it simply preserves it
for future use. Unless strawberries
are sweet and bright in color, they
will not become so in the jars. The
same is true of everything else
which we put up.
Less canning sugar Will presum
ably be alloted this year than pre-
viously, and it would be well to de
cide just how much of what you are
going to put up before you start
in using sugar. It will have to be
strictly budgeted if it is to reach
over all the winter's needs.
Those of you who have canned
while sugar has been rationed know
that it is possible to can with a
great deal less sugar if you will put
the fruit up not quite so sweet.
Most of us can do with less sugar
as long as we have nice looking
jars of fruit.
One of the "musts” on your can
ning list this year should be sev
eral jars of jams,
jellies and pre
serves to spread
on bread next win
ter if butter sup
plies are low. The
family will greet
these fruit con
coctions with cheers:
R clsated bv W v.t.rn Newspaper Union
Petticoat, Gilet Combined.
Make AII-in-One-Garment
In the new petticoat and halter
neck gilet combination, women find
a garment very much to their Ilk
ing. It comes as a flrst aid to neat
dressing In that the gilet you wear
with your suit is made to "stay put"
with no coming apart at the waist
line for It Is seamed on to the petti
coat. This season designers have
elaborated on the Idea, styling these
two-ln-one garments so attractively
they can be worn ss sunback
dresses. You will find in this sea
son's petticont and gilet combina
tions such practical and adaptable
fashions as a plaid taffeta one-piece
that tops a petticoat with a smart
halter that ties about the neck
Smart to wear with a navy Jacket
or redlngoat suiti Then there is the
dark sntln sheath which can be
worn with a tailored suit during the
day and alone with a flower at the
waist, for a short evening dress A
summer dickey style with a halter
neckline has a soft taffeta bow tie
at the throat. It Is rhlc to wear
with your low-cut V-neckline sweat
er and wool-skirt costume. It is
wise to have a number of these on
hand for the summer and early fall
Crinkled, permanent-crisp shadow
print organdy makes this charming
class-night dress for the graduate
The crisp beauty of the fabric and
full sweep of the skirt gives It a
dramatic quality, combined with
quaint feminine loveliness After
graduation it will make the perfect
cool dinner and dance frock. You
will And this charming gown a real
standby all the summer through as
It requires a minimum of upkeep
•Ince the finish in the organdy Is
Canning Is Food Insurance ior Winter
Knit led Fashion Is
Growing in Favor
A keen Interest in knitted fash
ions is being shown by women who.
from experience have proved that
for practical wear there's nothing
that surpasses the serviceability of
knitted dresses and suits Corona
tlon blue Is a color that is going
over big In the knitted fashions A
smart new version shown In a band
knitted dress keeps the skirt and
the very short sleeves in a mono
tone, knitting the Itodlce pail In
multicolor horlsnntal stripes
Strawberry Marmalade.
(Makes 12 (Pounce glasses)
2 oranges
2 lemons
'» cup water
■s teaspoon soda
I quart strawberries
7 cups sugar
*« bottle fruit pectin
Lynn Chambers*
Point-Having Menns.
*
Mixed Vegetables in
Bologna Cups
Creamed Potatoes
Perfection Salad
Toasted Muffins and Jam
Chocolate Souffle
Beverage
Use tender red rhubarb, trim off
hard ends, wash without skinning,
cut into small pieces. Mix fruit and
sugar, let stand several hours. Cook
gently in preserving kettle until
thick and clear. Pour into hot sterile
glasses and paraffin at once.
For canning spring's first fruits,
use the directions given in these
recipes to save color, food value and
quality.
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P attern No. 1333 Is designed for sizes 38.
3S. 40. 42. 44. 48. 48. SO and 52. Size 38
requires 4’ . yards ol 35 or 39-inch m a te ri
al; 2 yards ric rac to trim .
Due to an unusually large dem and and
current w ar conditions, slightly more tim e
is required In Alling orders for a few of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
■ E W IN G C IR C L E P A T T E R N D E P T .
149 New Montgomery St.
San Francisco, Calif.
Enclose 25 cents in coinc for each
pattern desired.
Pattern N o . . . . . ..................Size...............
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Raisins w ill be plump and much
larger if you place them in a
saucepan and barely cover them
with cold water. Set them over a
small flame and allow to simm er
for a few minutes.
A d d re s s ......................................................
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Hang up dresses and suits, but
not sweaters. Lay them flat in a
Canning Strawberries.
Use only fresh, ripe, Arm and drawer so they w ill retain their
sound berries. Wash and stem. To shape. "
each quart of berries add 1 cup sug-
Place in a porcelain enam
eled kettle (to prevent the berries
from turning dark), let stand until
! juice flows. Cook slowly to the boil-
i ing point, then rapidly for 3 to 4
; minutes, then cover kettle and let
I stand overnight. Drain berries and
pack ¡nto hot sterile jars. Heat syrup
until it boils, pour immediately over
fruit to within one-half inch of the
top of the jar. Adjust cover and
process in hot water bath 8 minutes
or in pressure cooker 5 minutes un
der 5 pounds pressure. Remove jars,
let cool and store.
This is an excellent, if unorthodox
method for canning rhubarb. It is
prepared by baking the fruit and
then canning:
,
Canning Rhubarb.
Wash tender, rosy rhubarb and cut
into H-inch pieces with a sharp
knife.
Measure the rhubarb and
place it in a baking dish and add V
«
as much sugar by measure as rhu
barb. Cover and bake in a mod
erate (350-degree) oven 30 to 38 min
utes until rhubarb is tender, but
whole. Pack into hot sterile jars
immediately after removing from
oven and process 10 minutes in a
boiling water bath or 5 minutes at 5
pounds pressure in pressure cooker
Canning Asparagus.
Wash young, tender asparagus
Remove peels from oranges and and remove tough ends. Cut to fit
lemons: cut olf white membrane. into ja r or in ’¿-inch lengths. Tie
Force peels through food chopper. into small bundles and place in a
I Add water and soda. Cover and saucepan. Add a small amount of
simmer for 10 minutes. Add orange boiling water and cook 4 to 5 min
and lemon pulp and Juice. Simmer utes. Place immediately into hot
for 20 minutes. Add crushed straw sterile jars, adding boiling liquid to
berries. Measure 4 cups prepared within H inch ol the top along with
j fruit: add sugar. Bring to boiling 1 teaspoon salt to each quart. Adjust
and boil 8 minutes. Remove from cap and process Immediately in a
heat; stir in fruit pectin. Let stand pressure cooker, processing pint
8 minutes: skim; seal in hot, jars 35 minutes at 10 pounds pres,
sure.
sterilized glasses.
Canning Peas.
Currant Jelly.
Select tender, even-sized green
(Makes 4 to 8 small glasses)
peas. Shell and wash. Place in
I quart currants
s au c e p a n w ith
H cup water
boiling water to
Sugar
c o v e r. H e a t to
Wash and pick over currants but boiling. Pack as
do not remove stems Mash a few hot as possible
in the bottom of a preserving kettle Into sterile jars.
and continue until all berries are Add 1 teaspoon
used. Add water, cover and heat salt and 1 t e a - ______
slowly.
When fruit Is thoroughly spoon sugar to each jar. Process in
heated, put Into a Jelly bag or in sev the pressure cooker 50 minutes at 10
eral thicknesses of cheese cloth arid pounds.
drain off Juice
Measure 4 cups
Vitamin Value and Retention.
juice, bring to boiling point and
The more quickly you work once
boil 8 minutes Add 3 cups of sug
the fruits and vegetables are col
ar and boll 3 minutes, or until jelly
lected, the better will they retain
sheets off a spoon. Pour into sev- their nutritive qualities. Everything
ria l hot sterilised glasses, cover
should be In readiness so there is
with paruffln and store.
no time lost going from step to step.
Mrawberry ami Rhubarb Jam.
If Jars are stored In a cool, dark
(Make« « 1» I (Uasaeal
place there Is a better chance ol
their keeping their vitamins and
| cups cauked pink rhubarb
minerals.
| cups strawberries
Rskuaad by Western Newspaper Union.
4 cups au«ar
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Sunback Dress
p O R precious hours in the sun,
a nicely fitting sunback frock
with a sm art bolero to match. O r
if you like, make the pinafore ver
Slimming Frock
sion with perky over-shoulder ruf
T 'H IS charm ingly simple house fles edged in colorful trim m in g.
* frock for the larger woman has
slim ming, clean-cut lines and w ill
No 1285 is designed (or sizes 12.
keep you looking as fresh as a 14, Pattern
18. 18 and 20 Size 14. sunback dress,
daisy. All-over flowered m aterial requires 2% yards of 35 or 30-lnch m a
or bright checks w ill be pretty terial: bolero. l*,i yards; dress w ith ru f
fles. 3*,. yards.
trim m ed with bold ric rac.
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To keep the potholder handy
when working around the stove,
tack a piece of tape onto the hold
er and place around your neck.
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To avoid a musty odor in a
metal teapot that is seldom used,
keep a lump of sugar in the pot.
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Odds and ends of soap can be
saved by putting them in a small
bag made from a wash cloth.
When taking a bath, this bag full
of soap can be put into the tub
and you’ll have wash cloth and
soap in one.
POSTS f t r n m BRAN
M O M E1CAKES OE
nw&ir
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a&w
To clean a vase, cut newspapers
into sm all pieces and swish the
pieces around in soapy water on
the inside.
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A secret to making delicious po
tato salad is to cut the potatoes
while they’re warm and while
warm add the onions and salad
dressing. As the salad cools, the
flavors w ill penetrate the potatoes.
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When sweetness of cream is
doubtful and there is no more on
hand and it must be used, a pinch
of soda stirred into it keeps it from
curdling, even in hot weather.
delicious N E W breakfast idea
• Good? I t ’« delicious! I t ’s a ma
gic combination of nut-brown,
crisp-toasted Post’s 40% Bran
Flakes plus lots of seedless rai
sins ... right in the same pack
age. Better ask your grocer for
the big blue-and-white package
today. Your whole family w ill
go for Post'» Raisin Bran.
Stone Images in Tokyo
Strange evidence of the fanati
cism of the Japanese is found in
the 84,000 store images of Jizo-San
or child Buddha, to be found on
the greonds of a temple in Tokyo.
Each image, two feet high and
about a foot wide, has been do
nated to the temple by a member
ol the Buddhist cult.
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B A L A N C E D ...
11 S (àat’s the answe
Balanced double action. • •
for positive action in the
mixing bow l. . . for gratify*
ing results in
the oven.
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